April 2, 2012

Family,

Wednesday was cold. I almost had to wear a coat. The only "lesson" we had was with a Evangelical guy and Elder Fale started Bible bashing with him. It was ridiculous. When he wanted to make a point what he said was The Doctrine and right, but when we made a point it was our own interpretation and wasn't valid. It was lame.

Thursday we did divisions with Elder Hill and Elder Graham quite unexpectedly. They called us during companionship study and said "We are going to do divisions After Lunch". So after Lunch I went to Libertad 1.2 with Elder Hill. First we stopped by Super 6 to get some ingredients for "No-Bake" cookies. We were going to take them to a Noche de Hogar which didn`t work out, so we ate them that night. Their area is pretty campo-y. We walked around a lot because most of their appointments fell. We talked all day.

Friday we ended the divisions and I went back with Elder Fale. He didn`t really have a plan, so we did contacts all day and tried to teach lessons.

Saturday we were disappointed when all our investigators didn`t show up for General Conference. We watched the First two sessions with only sound (In English) and the Priesthood session with President Callan. Because of the Time Difference The Priesthood session didn`t end until 11pm. We went home and went to bed.

Sunday I suffered from stomach problems. I think it`s food poisoning. I am still suffering. I was disappointed to see that not even half of the members showed up for conference. I hope they were all watching it at home on TV.

Now on to Elder Singson´s Brief Conference Highlights!
1st Session- My favorite talk was "Give me more moutains to climb" by Henrie B. Eyering. I hope that one day I will also have the capacity to ask the lord for more trials in my life.
2nd Session- As always Jeffery R. Holland got me with his Parable Power. If I was one of the first workers I would have felt the same way and Even just reading it I felt more sympathy for the First Workers. Now, after receiving spiritual enlightenment, I hope to understand the Lord and his ways more fully.
Priesthood Session- Henry B. Eyering got me again with his talk on the Keys and Power that holds the Prophet. He blew me away with his concept of the keys and the Holy Spirit of Promise. It helped me understand even more that unless you get Sealed in the Temple nothing else really matters. I felt the spirit really strongly.

3rd Session- Deiter F. Ucktdorf´s "Don`t Judge" really applied to me. I always find myself judging others and I really should do it less. I need to be more understanding.
4th Session- Niel L. Anderson made me cry when he told the story of the Earthquake in Haiti and Ganshee was singing "I am a child of God" below the rubble of their apartment. I was so happy to hear that they all made it out safe.
And, As Always, President Monson made me laugh when he blessed everybody and waved his finger around.

Our Church Is The Best Church Ever!
Amen,

Elder Zachary James Singson

P.S. I love you all, but I had to end with Amen.